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B. 0. PELTON. BUSTLE.

No. 375,318. Patented Dec. 20, 1887..

UNITED STATES PATENT Fries.

EMERSON G. FELTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, ro WALLACE c. SEXTON, OF SAME PLACE.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,318, dated December 20, 1887'.

' Application filed November 8, 1886. Serial No. 218,240. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMERSON O. FELTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bustles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in bustles of that class wherein the bustle comprises in its construction a set of flexiblycoiled springs arranged within separate pockets. Heretofore these pockets have been arranged to provide for a single series of coiled springs arranged parallel with one another and in a plane common to all, the sair. plane, as it may be termed, being, however, somewhat curved in conformity with the desired shape of the bustle. In some instances the springs thus disposed in single series have been arranged substantially upright, and in others in a horizontal position.

The object of my improvement is to provide an arrangement of the several parts or members of the bustle whereby the desired symmetrical form of the bustle as a whole is more perfectly attained, with its several members or main component parts adapted by their location to mutually support one another in a manner to assist in preserving the shape of the hustle, and to thereby increase the durability and efficiency of the device.

To the attainment of the foregoing and other useful ends my invention consists in matters hereinafter described, and partieularl y pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a bustle constructed in accordance with my invention, with a portion of one of the flexible tubular pockets or casings partially broken away in order to illustrate the coiled spring therein contained. Fig. 2 represents the bustle in front elevation and partly collapsed. Fig. 3 is a section taken transversely through the bustle on theline w m, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the bustle spread out as in'Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is ahorizontal section of the bustle with the outer springs gathered around the central one suitably for bundlinginto packages orto produce a greater rearward projection against the wearer.

Thebustle is constructed with a set of spirally-coiled upright springs, A and A, all inclosed within flexible pockets or tubular casings B, each pocket containing a single spirally-coiled spring of appropriate length.

The fiexibly-incased springs A are arranged side by side and grouped together around the centrally-arranged supporting-spring A in a manner to permit-the assemblage of flexiblyincased springs to form as an entirety a bustle of desired size andconfiguration. The pock ets or casings for the springs are formed of cloth or other suitable flexible material, and if desired each pocket or casing may be made separate and the pockets or casings then stitched or otherwise connected together. The simplest and most desirable way, however, is to form all of the pockets of a single piece of material which can be folded upon itself and stitched in a manner to provide the desired number of casings or pockets, as best shown in Figs. 3, 4., and 5, wherein six springinclosing pockets are shown formed from one piece of material.

A particular feature of arrangement involved in the grouping together of the flexi' bly-incased spiral springs is to provide one, or, if desired, more than one, of said incased springs as aoentral support, around which the remaining fiexiblyincased spiral springs are arranged in series, by which means the outer set of fiexibly-incased springs will be supported as against lateral pressure by the centrally-arranged spring or springs, thereby causing the bustle to stand out and preserve its shape. Thus in Fig. 1, which is a rear view of the bustle, the five outer flexibly-incased springs are visible, while in the front View, Fig. 2, which in use lies next to the body of the wearer, the centrally-arranged and flexibly-incased spring and but two of the outer flexiblyincased springs are visible. By such arrangement, moreover, the side next to the body of the person will fit accurately, while the outer or rear side shown in Fig. 1 will bulge out toward the middle.

The casings or pockets are at their upper ends attached to a waistband, O, that can be fastened round the waist of the wearer. By thus grouping the series of outer springs around a middle spring the bustle can be made to stand out to the desired extent without varying the size of any of the coiled springs, which variation, if attempted, would necessitate the expense of )roducing different sizes of springs and the employment of springs too large to render their use effective. My improved arrangement of springs also gives to the bustle all necessary solidity without impairing its flexibility and resiliency, since each spring retains its individual action, and at the same time the springs mutually support one another, so as to cause the bustle to retain its shape.

The springs can be stitched, tied, or otherwisesecured within their allotted pockets, and any desired number of these flexible springs can obviously be provided.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is The herein'described improvement in bus ties, consisting in the arrangement of the central upright supporting coiled spring, A, with the series of like springs A, set in series to partially surround and stand parallel with the central supportingspring, the said central supportingspring and the end springs of the series partially surrounding the central supporting-spring, forming the side of the bustle that will lie next to the wearer, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereto signed my name as of and for the 15th day of July, 1886.

EMERSON C. FELTON.

Witnesses:

CHAS. G. PAGE, L. S. LOGAN. 

